TRI-STATE COMMISSION
NH Lottery
Concord, NH
December 11, 2015
PRESENT:
Maine: Orland McPherson, Chair; Gregg Mineo, Executive Director; Michael Boardman,
Lisa Rodrigue
Vermont: Ed Flanagan, Commissioner; Greg Smith, Executive Director; Jeff Cavender,
Mary Stridsberg
New Hampshire: Debra Douglas, Commissioner; Charlie McIntyre, Executive Director;
Kelley-Jaye Rosberg, Cindy Baron, Lynda Plante
Guests: Jennifer Wilshons, Dennis Miller and Darrell Frecker with Scientific Games,
Steve Mason and Douglas Campbell with FuseIdeas, Rose Longo-White with GYK Antler,
Molly Waldstein, Kristen Pare’, Jeff Lipps and John Papile with Intralot, Russ Leonard and
Theanna Twitchell with NL Partners
The meeting was called to order at 1:27 pm
ACCEPTANCE OF OCTOBER 23, 2015 MINUTES
MOTION
Commissioner Douglas made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Flanagan, to accept the October 23,
2015 minutes as distributed. So voted, unanimous.
FINANCE COMMITTEE – Greg Smith for Mary Cassani
Sales are up compared to budget. Operating expenses are down compared to last year across the three
states.
The contingency funds for Megabucks is doing OK at approx. $600K. Our current jackpot run is just
about funded so no decline will occur when hit., Pick 3 and
Pick 4 are holding steady at the levels we set for them in June. Gimme 5’s contingency fund is currently
negative $100,000 due to three jackpot hits in Sept.
The expired unclaimed prize money is at 2.2M, which is slightly below where we started at the beginning
of the year.
The investment and gift card policies are continuing to be worked on and will be presented to the
Commission from the finance committee during the February meeting. A recommendation was made to
have our AG’s and Director McIntyre review these for language.
MARKETING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – Lisa Rodrigue
The marketing and product development team are working on what directions they will be taking and
plans for next year. These will be discussed during their January meeting.
Promotions for the holiday tickets and winter tickets are all set to go. Each state has the ability to spend
up to $50,000. Maine is looking to get a 3-7% increase in sales during this promo.
Discussions on the MGM ticket have stopped as we cannot afford to do this ticket at this time. It is
hoped that it can be looked at again another time.
Research performed on the Gimme 5 game, shows that the math is being done correctly but the sales
are just not there. We did not lose money, but the profits are in the single digits. The question was
brought up whether we should continue this game or actively look for a replacement game. The
Directors will meet next week to discuss what to do and provide some direction. NH is experiencing
good sales while ME and VT are lower.
The Megabucks Makes Millionaires commercial by FuseIdeas is almost complete, and the committee will
be reviewing it today.
DRAW COMMITTEE – Maura McCann
The architect who will perform the work of relocating the draw room has started the plans and they
should be available next week. The new draw room should be completed by the end of January.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES - Darrell Frecker
The Monopoly Millionaires game show is set to go live after being extended when enough lotteries
chose to continue the game.
INTRALOT – Jeff Lipps
Intralot is currently testing the agent website reporting and it should launch in January of 2016.
They are working on specs for three new touch play games to launch in the spring.
ACCEPTANCE OF COMMITTEE REPORTS
MOTION
Commissioner Flanagan made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Douglas, to accept the committee
reports. So voted, unanimous.
MOTION
Commissioner Douglas made a motion to adjourn at 1:53 pm, seconded by Commissioner Flanagan. So
voted, unanimous.
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Orland McPherson, Chair